پوپ لیو نے کہا ہے کہ آزاد فلسطینی ریاست ہی اسرائیل فلسطین تنازع کا واحد اور دیرپا حل ہے۔ ترکیہ سے لبنان جاتے ہوئے طیارے میں صحافیوں سے گفتگو میں پوپ لیو نے کہا کہ رومن کیتھولک چرچ کی اعلیٰ قیادت کئی برس سے دو ریاستی حل کی حمایت کرتی آرہی ہے۔ انہوں نے کہا […]
Pakistan and Egypt on Sunday agreed on a series of key decisions to strengthen economic cooperation, expand defence ties, and coordinate closely on the evolving Gaza peace efforts. Those were the outcomes that emerged during the two-day official visit of Egypt’s Foreign Minister Dr Badr Abdelatty to Islamabad. Dr Abdelatty, who visited Islamabad on November […]
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s political landscape remained unsettled on Sunday as rumours of possible governor’s rule intensified, prompting denials from both the Prime Minister’s Office and Governor Faisal Karim Kundi. Sources familiar with the political scenario said the idea of imposing governor’s rule has been under examination in Islamabad, with the government’s initial preference reportedly to retain Governor […]
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has warned that any attempt to dilute provincial rights enshrined in the 18th Amendment or tamper with the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award would imperil the federation itself. The Bhutto scion, whose party is a key coalition ally of the PML-N in the Centre, cautioned that forces seeking […]
Hondurans cast ballots for their next president on Sunday amid threats by US President Donald Trump to cut aid to the country if his preferred candidate loses. Honduras could be the next country in Latin America, after Argentina and Bolivia, to swing right after years of leftist rule. Polls show three candidates neck-and-neck in the […]
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held high stakes talks with a Ukrainian delegation in Florida on Sunday, as the United States pushes to end Russia’s war against its neighbor. The negotiations come as Kyiv faces mounting military and political pressure, along with the fallout from a corruption scandal. They could set the stage for […]
Elite capture is hardly a unique Pakistani phenomenon. Across developing economies – from Latin America to Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of South Asia – political and economic systems are often influenced, shaped, or quietly commandeered by narrow interest groups. However, the latest IMF analysis of Pakistan’s political economy highlights a deeper, more entrenched strain of […]